Won a bid on a dodgy car

[finch1804]

OK so i was the winning bidder on a car that looked great. After winning the auction the seller asks for £250 by bank tranfer. He won't accept paypal. I have no details for the seller, no name, no address. Eventually he gives me the Regestration number of the car, afetr some googling i found out the car was written off.

Please see here... https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/29924757/Photos

https://cs.copart.com/v1/AUTH_svc.pdoc00001/PIX71/9aeacffb-d6e0-419a-ae96-d0faf4f8c9c8.JPG

The seller wont play ball and cancel the transaction and denies it's the same car even though the VIN and the Reg number match.

[redwick1]

Motors should be cash on collection and inspection 

No deposit by a bank trasfer or even paying by paypal as you will not be covered and will lose your money

There is no money back guarantee on motors on ebay or paypal

It does sound very dodgy

If you do not pay then the seller could open a non payment dispute but one will not harm your account 

Better to have a non payment strike than lose any money on this

[finch1804]

Yes, theres no way i'm buying this car now. The seller is dodgy as hell and if i'd seen that car before i'd of not bid. he wouldn't give me any more info on the car such as Reg number before the auction ended. I wish i hadn't bid. Have you seen the pictures? There seems to be no way of cancelling it through ebay like there used to. I've had to block the seller on my phone as he started calling and giving me abuse.

[redwick1]

If the seller was not giving much detail before you bid then it may have been best to leave it well alone
I have looked and it looks like it is fit for the scrapyard.
Buyers do not have an automatic right to cancel

You could ask the seller to cancel but it does not sound like a person you can talk too.